I can absolutely understand why a husband would leave the version of his wife who lives with their kids, but come back to her once she's an empty nester.
The autistic life, indeed. You're brave to have someone over four nights a week that you mask for, though. That sounds exhausting to me. (Though I've been pretty hardcore hermiting since my abusive divorce.)
You’ve got a gift for being on trend without even realizing it but I figured you would still appreciate having the word for it. And I think it’s coming out of the female empowerment movement more so than being a generational thing.
Really? What's empowering about it? I mean, I didn't get the impression that the whole family is eating girl dinner, so aren't most women still cooking dinner for kids? Am I about to hear that people stopped cooking dinner every night right after I was done? I'm already coping with people stopped going into the office every day right after I was done!
Girl dinner is about giving yourself what you need and not what society says you need. It doesn’t work for people with kids at home or partners, just solo women. You yourself note how nice it is not to have to cook and that a cliffs bar is enough on some nights.
That dinner thing is acceptance, mine was olives and cheese. If you had daughters you might have the situation where they never seem to like what you wear but then at some future time they are wearing it or it is in the laundry they brought to your house. I don’t know could you care more what your kids think because they concern themselves with your being “normal” but Nino does not have the same constraints? I was wondering myself about my new found love of TV series where I stay up all night to see how it turns out. It started with “The Office” and I had to binge all the way through every season. Then I thought well when I was constantly reading books I did the same thing except books take more out of you so you crash out earlier. Also, we are in a world class TV moment with well produced, written and performed. And then again I could be avoiding life.
Penny, be the "real" you that makes you happiest! Authenticity has a cost and can change with the season because it is a cognitive construct. But becoming who you want to be on the spur of the moment is not just convenient, it can be exciting and rewarding too. Fake it till you make it.
Embrace happiness and do the chameleon thing to help that along...
I can absolutely understand why a husband would leave the version of his wife who lives with their kids, but come back to her once she's an empty nester.
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That means so much to me!
The autistic life, indeed. You're brave to have someone over four nights a week that you mask for, though. That sounds exhausting to me. (Though I've been pretty hardcore hermiting since my abusive divorce.)
Look up “girl dinner”
Ahhh. I see. Snacks for dinner. I like that I'm on trend! Thank you.
Also, 7-11 has officially changed it's product mix because Gen Z eats snacks for meals. So maybe it's a wider trend.
You’ve got a gift for being on trend without even realizing it but I figured you would still appreciate having the word for it. And I think it’s coming out of the female empowerment movement more so than being a generational thing.
Really? What's empowering about it? I mean, I didn't get the impression that the whole family is eating girl dinner, so aren't most women still cooking dinner for kids? Am I about to hear that people stopped cooking dinner every night right after I was done? I'm already coping with people stopped going into the office every day right after I was done!
Girl dinner is about giving yourself what you need and not what society says you need. It doesn’t work for people with kids at home or partners, just solo women. You yourself note how nice it is not to have to cook and that a cliffs bar is enough on some nights.
That dinner thing is acceptance, mine was olives and cheese. If you had daughters you might have the situation where they never seem to like what you wear but then at some future time they are wearing it or it is in the laundry they brought to your house. I don’t know could you care more what your kids think because they concern themselves with your being “normal” but Nino does not have the same constraints? I was wondering myself about my new found love of TV series where I stay up all night to see how it turns out. It started with “The Office” and I had to binge all the way through every season. Then I thought well when I was constantly reading books I did the same thing except books take more out of you so you crash out earlier. Also, we are in a world class TV moment with well produced, written and performed. And then again I could be avoiding life.
Penny, be the "real" you that makes you happiest! Authenticity has a cost and can change with the season because it is a cognitive construct. But becoming who you want to be on the spur of the moment is not just convenient, it can be exciting and rewarding too. Fake it till you make it.
Embrace happiness and do the chameleon thing to help that along...
Mytwocentsworth,
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Terrific as always